Going solo help!

Might have some luck on these two threads:
Trucking Jobs
&
Seek Employment

 

I started as a team driver, it sucks. But you're not wrong about the money. If you're willing to keep driving team with whoever they put with you, there's a lot of companies looking for that. Don't know if you have the resources, but trucks are still on sale. I bought an older rig with a rebuilt motor. 13 speed, no auto. Lots of tinkering on my home time, but now I drive my own rig paid for. Not for everyone but I love my old Western Star a lot more than that new Pete I used to drive.
Food for thought.

 

With 3 years experience....it might be time to start looking at the private fleets:

• Linde/Praxair
• Love's
• Air Products
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland)
• Nalco Water (Ecolab)
• Brenntag

The above list is by no means totally complete.

-- L

 

Good for you, you shan't regret it. You'll wonder why you didn't do this sooner. Lots and I mean LOTS of regional stuff, it's the local gigs that are hard to find. Chinatown will head you in the right direction, and with 3 years, don't be easily swayed by a company official, talk to the drivers, if you can. Internet reviews are usually pretty much BS, but 10 pages of bad reviews might mean something. Good luck.

 

To gross even $2,000.00 a week with a carrier that pays on a W - 2, means you need .70 per mile minimum with an average 3,000 miles per week.
A linehaul position with a LTL carrier or a private fleet ( Walmart, Tyson & DOT Foods) would be a good place to start. R & L Carriers and UPS have team driver positions.